It would help if you gave a better example of what you've done. Can you post your code? -----Original Message----- From: dru levin To: beginners@perl.org Sent: 3/4/02 6:29 PM Subject: painful but bonehead question I am a newbie trying to write Perl scripts in Linux environment: question is, why is Perl evaluating my " (quotes) as ? (question marks) ? , i.e. like in a simple string " blah blah blah" do I have to be in certain shell if using a Linux-based environment. It works fine on my NT box with basic command line perl -w <Xcript file>. yours truly, BoneHead Johnson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscribe@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-help@perl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.Thread Previous | Thread Next